Reading 4-0 Swansea

Hunt brothers Stephen and Noel served the Swans up for slaughter - and Kevin Doyle added the finishing touches with a delicious double.

Hunt brothers Stephen and Noel served the Swans up for slaughter - and Kevin Doyle added the finishing touches with a delicious double.

Dorus De Vries spared the Swans a roasting with defiant first-half saves from Stephen Hunt and Jimmy Kebe.

But when luckless Jordi Gomezsent a 67th-minute free-kick crashing against the bar it signalled the end of the Swans fight back.

And Doyle wrapped up the contest with his eighth goal of the season, put on a plate by Stephen Hunt.

Steve Coppell said: "Hunt has no respect for any of his opponents. He showed that in the Premier League last season, it doesn't matter who he is up against. He plays flat-out in the old-fashioned way and the fans love that!"

Beaten boss Roberto Martinez singled out Hunt: "He is Premiership quality and made us suffer."

Martinez confessed that his side were given a lesson after their midweek Carling Cup win over Cardiff.

"My players came out too relaxed, just expecting to win, and we gave the game away with a horrible first half. Our defending was not good enough," he said.

Without De Vries it could have been a lot worse.

De Vries produced his first outstanding save when he got down low to his right midway through the first half to keep out a super free-kick from Stephen Hunt.

But his side was already trailing to the opening strike from Hunt's younger brother Noel.

The Swans keeper was beaten by the speed of Noel's ramrod header served up by Stephen's corner on 19 minutes.

And De Vries was under siege as Reading turned his defence inside out.

Doyle and Stephen Hunt both struck as the Swans defence was pulled apart by Reading's trademark surge of free-flowing football with a goal apiece before the break.

But the gaps were plugged at the break when Martinez sent on Mark Gower and Febian Brandy for Thomas Butler and Jason Scotland.

For a spell the Swans threatened to make a game of it. But Reading always had plenty in reserve and Doyle had the final say when he made it 4-0 in the final minute.

Coppell, who knows it will be tougher on Tuesday night at Wolves, added: "The first half was our best 45 minutes of the season. We were terrific.

"But it is a marathon and maintaining our form will be the hardest thing."